The Anxiety of Limbo: Contested Statehood in International Law

The project explores the fragmented nature of legal personality attributable to entities of contested statehood in international law. Chapter 1 explores the notion of liminality in anthropology and its relevance as an analytical tool to explain the social condition of contested states as entities permanently stuck in categorical "inbetweeness". It describes the legal limbo inhabited by such entities and links it to unfinished rites of passage in the international politics of state creation.

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Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
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2025-03-07
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Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
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The Anxiety of Limbo: Contested Statehood in International Law

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
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The Anxiety of Limbo: Contested Statehood in International Law

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Abstract

The project explores the fragmented nature of legal personality attributable to entities of contested statehood in international law. Chapter 1 explores the notion of liminality in anthropology and its relevance as an analytical tool to explain the social condition of contested states as entities permanently stuck in categorical "inbetweeness". It describes the legal limbo inhabited by such entities and links it to unfinished rites of passage in the international politics of state creation.

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
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Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
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